Grade 5
Fractions
Word Problems
Name: ______________________________ Class: ________________
Question 1
Mother baked 14 cookies.
She shared them equally among her 5 children.
How many cookies did each child?
Question 2
Peter was very thirsty and drank 2 glasses of water. There was
glass and
liter of water in the 1st
liter In the 2nd glass. How much water did Peter drink altogether?
Question 3
Mother bought 3 kg of sugar. She used 2 kg while baking
cookies. How much sugar did she have left?
Question 4
Yesterday Aron ran 5 km. This morning Aron ran .4 .km.
How far did Aron run altogether?
Question 5
A pizza has a mass of 1 kg. A cake has a mass of 1,300 grams.
Which is heavier, the pizza or the cake?
Question 6
John bought 75kg of chocolate. He packed the chocolate equally in 7 bags.
How much chocolate did he pack in each bag?
Question 7
Joe earned 2,100$. He spent
on rent and
on food.
How much money did he have left?
Question 8
Petra walked 4 km. Mandy walked 2 km less than Petra.
How far did they walk altogether?
Question 9
Michael bought 2 liters of milk. He drank
gave
left?
liters of it and
liters to his brother. How much milk did Michael have
Question 10
A string has a length of 25 meters. Cindy cut the string in 4 pieces of equal length.
How long was each piece?
Question 11
Jones ate
cake. Ronnie ate
cake more than Jones.
How much cake did they eat altogether?
Question 12
Petra weighs 60 kg. Mandy weighs 59kg and 1,500 grams.
Who is heavier, Petra or Mandy?
Answers
Q 1 : 2 cookie
Q 7 : 980 dollars
Q2:
Q3:
liter
Q 8: 6
Q 9 : 450 milliliters
kilometer
Q 5 : the cake
Q 10 : 6 m 25 cm
Q 11 :
Q 6 : 10 kilograms
kilometers
kilograms
Q 4 : 10
cake
Q 12 : Petra